From 11acc909f5c47bf669d1a992f11437018e467638 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miquel Sabaté Solà <mssola@mssola.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:50:09 +0100
Subject: words: allow the creation of indeclinable nouns
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Signed-off-by: Miquel Sabaté Solà <mssola@mssola.com>
---
 crates/cli/src/words.rs | 6 ++++++
 lib/mihi/src/word.rs    | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crates/cli/src/words.rs b/crates/cli/src/words.rs
index 83e2b5a..3789076 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/words.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/words.rs
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ fn prompt_declension(cat: &Category, declension: Declension) -> Result<Declensio
                 Declension::Third,
                 Declension::Fourth,
                 Declension::Fifth,
+                Declension::Other,
             ];
             idx = declension as usize - 1;
         }
@@ -355,6 +356,11 @@ fn ask_for_word_based_on(enunciated: String, word: Word) -> Result<Word, String>
                 ],
                 Some(Declension::Fourth) => vec!["fus"],
                 Some(Declension::Fifth) => vec!["ies", "es"],
+                // NOTE: for the 'other' declension we only allow to enter
+                // 'indeclinable' words, as that's the only thing that can be
+                // added from now on (e.g. things like 'ego' have been manually
+                // inserted).
+                Some(Declension::Other) => vec!["indeclinable"],
                 _ => panic!("shouldn't be here :D"),
             };
             if options.len() == 1 {
diff --git a/lib/mihi/src/word.rs b/lib/mihi/src/word.rs
index b12609b..750562f 100644
--- a/lib/mihi/src/word.rs
+++ b/lib/mihi/src/word.rs
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ pub enum Declension {
     Third,
     Fourth,
     Fifth,
+
+    // Used for highly irregular words (e.g. 'īnstar').
     Other,
 }
 
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